[WSIS CS-Plenary] Next session of CSTD 15-19 May

[Renata Bloem]

Dear Jean Louis,

 

The February “IGF” consultation is open to all stakeholders. How to get
badges for this meeting in the Palais des Nations will be announced in time.

 

For the CSTD Commission, and its still existing ECOSOC rules, CONGO will
certainly do its best to help make it interactive for all relevant
participants.

 

Best

Renata

 

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From: plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org] On Behalf
Of Jean-Louis FULLSACK
Sent: mercredi, 18. janvier 2006 10:19
To: plenary at wsis-cs.org
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Next session of CSTD 15-19 May

 

Thanks Robert for this useful complementary information. I naively thaught
to eventually get this accreditation for attending the upcoming meetings...

I completely support your opinion on CS participation in meetings that are
in diret connection with WSIS follow-up. As far as I know, even the
calamitous Tunis Summit didn't exlude its follow-up process to be a
multistakeholder process. Which in my understanding means that CS has the
same rights as have its other partners.

Therefore I also ask CONGO to be our voice in this issue and hope they'll
succeed, at least for the february "IGF" meeting .

All the best

Jean-Louis Fullsack 



> Message du 18/01/06 01:57
> De : "Robert Guerra" 
> A : plenary at wsis-cs.org
> Copie à : 
> Objet : Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Next session of CSTD 15-19 May
> 
> Realistically it takes about a year and a half to go through all the
paperwork and approvals required to obtain consultation status with ECOSOC.
I say this, as that's how long it took CPSR...
> 
> It takes a while and requires a rather lengthy process to complete. 
> 
> The pros - well, it's easier to access UN venues and participate at events
that follow ECOSOC accreditation rules (not all UN agencies do..)
> 
> Personally, I must say it's a bit of a farse that only ECOSOC accredited
organizations seem to be allowed to participate in a meeting that is the
result of WSIS. If anything BOTH ECOSOC and organizations that were
accredited in the WSIS process should be allowed in. I would hope that
groups such as CONGO and others will lobby hard for the meeting to be
reflective of the WSIS principles of inclusion - and not exclusion. 
> 
> regards,
> 
> Robert 

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